May 8th, 2013 at 3:08 PM
Recently, a neat device called the Rasberry Pi arrived on the technology scene. It's literally a pocket sized computer capable of running a full installation of Linux. It's fairly modest (don't expect dual-core 3.3ghz CPUs), but more than capable of doing many basic things, including running printer servers, serving as a web server for static content, or if you have a keyboard, mouse, and monitor, literally serving as a home computer.
The cost is also pretty impressive. $25/35 is all it will cost, depending on whether you want 256MB or 512MB of RAM. I haven't purchased mine yet, but I definitely think these little devices seem pretty flexible, especially at their low cost. I plan on getting one as soon as I get the money together for one. In my opinion, it's a lot of power for the price of a microcontroller.
The cost is also pretty impressive. $25/35 is all it will cost, depending on whether you want 256MB or 512MB of RAM. I haven't purchased mine yet, but I definitely think these little devices seem pretty flexible, especially at their low cost. I plan on getting one as soon as I get the money together for one. In my opinion, it's a lot of power for the price of a microcontroller.
